Prof R Vaidyanathan

Former Professor of Finance, IIM Bangalore. He is also member of NSAB.

Contributions

Global Economic Crisis: Implications for India

November 13, 2024 Prof R Vaidyanathan

Geopolitics with great power rivalries is redefining global economic and trade exchanges. The rise of China which markedly defines today’s international order is often attributed to its skills as the world’s leading practitioner of geoeconomics. ...

Tags: Economic Studies, technology, BRICS, Indian Economy, Geopolitics, G7, Dollar, Podcast, Geoeconomics

Current Conflict is Essentially between Global and Local

April 24, 2017 Prof R Vaidyanathan

The western world view has dominated for the last 200 or so years and hence their idea of “modern man’ is accepted as the “idea”. It is supposed to transcend territories and cultures. It assumes that “one size” fits all and enunciates “...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Economics, globalization, localization, Conflict, Global, Local, Vaidyanathan

Mobiles may make Banks Extinct

April 18, 2017 Prof R Vaidyanathan

The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices, billing settlements, etc. We have service providers like Air Tel/Jio providing internet based TV channels which will provide competition to Dish TV...

Tags: Economic Studies, economy, Banking, Mobile phones, Internet banking, Mobile banking, Mobile Banking apps

The Craze for Big banks

April 13, 2017 Prof R Vaidyanathan

Now the clamor is for big, bigger and biggest. Particularly in the banking sector. After the merger of subsidiaries with SBI there is a talk of merging other banks. The chief of Kotak opines that five banks will only remain in future. This craze f...

Tags: Economic Studies, Card, Bank, debit card, Credit Card

War Clouds over Europe: Are we prepared?

March 01, 2017 Prof R Vaidyanathan

2013 One wrote in 2013 about “Europe Going Down”, that ‘as Europe goes down we need to be prepared for consequences’. To quote: “The European economic and social crisis is becoming worse with each passing day”. One bus...

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies, European morality, Radical Islam, Civilisational war